KS Chapter 4 Terms
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| abolitionist | a person who wanted to bring about the immediate end of slavery
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| antislavery | opposed to practice of slavery
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| border ruffian | Missouri settlers who crossed into Kansas to influence the outcome of slavery issue in Kansas
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| bushwhacker | Missouri settlers who raided antislavery settlements in Kansas
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| demographic | relating to the study of the characteristics of human population
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| expansionist | the practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion
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| free-stater | a settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery
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| indentured servant | a person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time
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| jayhawker | a free soil or Unionist guerrilla in Kansas and Missouri during the border dispute
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| martyr | one who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce his or her beliefs
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| popular sovereignty | the concept that political and legislative power resides with the citizens
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| proslavery | supportive of the practice of slavery
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| repeal | to revoke
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| siege | the surrounding and blockading of a city or town by an army attempting to capture it
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| servitude | a state of subjection to an owner or master
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| speculator | someone who invests financially in something, with the possibility of great gains or losses
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| transcontinental | spanning or crossing a continent
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| treason | violation of allegiance toward one's country
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| unconstitutional | not in accord with the principles set forth in the constitution of a nation or state
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